Karin Girl Name

The name Karin is of Scandinavian origin, and is a variation of Catherine.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Karin has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Karin

Use of the Name Karin for Girls During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

26,081

20,562

2,412

0

0

0

0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Karin has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Karin first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1936, which is the first year shown on the table.
Karin last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1989, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Karin

Used as a Girl Name

Used as a Boy Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1936

923

55

1937

712

92

1938

683

101

1939

652

109

1940

615

129

1941

507

186

1942

343

414

1943

480

236

1944

504

204

1945

554

176

1946

475

275

1947

411

384

1948

367

461

1949

424

345

1950

422

360

1951

378

466

1952

376

479

1953

390

478

1954

365

569

1955

349

607

1956

324

724

1957

345

689

1958

356

667

1959

355

715

1960

358

735

1961

354

727

1962

326

821

1963

311

892

1964

311

883

1965

290

918

1966

296

854

1967

276

946

1968

278

973

1969

281

1,006

1970

278

1,048

1971

308

872

1972

339

666

1973

338

654

1974

376

569

1975

403

503

1976

435

457

1977

423

477

1978

471

419

1979

561

328

1980

552

338

1981

593

310

1982

610

295

1983

709

240

1984

644

272

1985

831

195

1986

801

209

1987

878

193

1988

937

179

1989

964

181

Totals:

26,081

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Karin as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Karin appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 54 times during the last 125 years.